Once you have put in the work to pass the exam and become an Enrolled Agent (EA), jeopardizing your title by failing to complete continuing education (CE) requirements is simply not an option. Learn more about the Enrolled Agent CE requirements and how you can fulfill these credits, build your skills, and maintain your credential.

Landing your dream job begins with securing one of the many accounting internships available with firms and organizations. It’s important to gain professional experience that puts your classroom learning into practice, expands your knowledge, and gives you a taste of what tasks you enjoy (or don’t). Learn more about the benefits of internships in accounting, how to find yours, and tips to land an accounting internship that sets you up for career success. 

Recognizing and documenting critical audit matters (CAMs)can be challenging, but they are a necessary part of the process to ensure transparency and good judgment. To help you with this, we’re defining what a CAM is, common examples, and how to document them. 

If a disaster, such as a flood, fire, earthquake, tornado, or hurricane meets specific criteria, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will declare it a federal disaster. When this is the case, the IRS provides tax relief to ease the burden for affected taxpayers. Tax professionals, including enrolled agents and CPAs, can navigate this landscape for their clients and provide assistance at a time when it is greatly needed.

The journey to becoming a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is challenging, requiring you to pass the CPA exam, gain at least a year of work experience, and earn 150 hours of college credit. 

As a leader within your organization, your job includes not only the effective execution of processes and projects, but also the positive development of team dynamics, talent support, and working environment. Take steps to improve company culture, retain great talent, and ultimately, lead a more successful team. Learn more about building communities within your organization, strengthening connections, and fostering stronger company culture in Becker's CPE podcast series, Balancing the Future!

A recent survey found that employees fear retirement more than divorce or death. Anxiety about financial unpreparedness is resulting in many employees expecting to delay retirement. So employees can achieve their retirement goals without anxiety, there is an increased need for understanding retirement tax planning. To aid accountants as trusted financial advisors, this article explores many of the most common tax-deferred retirement plans and explains some of the associated planning considerations. 

If you’re a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Enrolled Agent (EA) tax professional who dreams of entrepreneurship, you know that taking the first step can be scary. But a solid business plan can help you understand where you are, where you’re going with your business, and what you need to achieve to it. 

As an accounting professional, you know the great value that Excel adds to your work process. Learning new skills in Excel can save you endless hours and eliminate human error or repetitive tasks. Gain even more efficiency by leveraging Goal Seek in Excel for your projects.